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CSCSE SQA AD 3+1 Schools
Undergraduate Programs -
4+0 Computer Science and Technology
Chinese-foreign cooperative schooling -
3+0 Program for Chinese-foreign Cooperation in Software Technology
3+1 Post-secondary Program -
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TESOL) Program
4+1.5 Undergraduate Studies Program
3+0 Program for Chinese-foreign Cooperation in Software Technology
3+1 Post-secondary Program
Project Profile
This project is the only high-quality and high-level 3+1 post-secondary Chinese-foreign cooperative education project approved by the Ministry of Education in Shaanxi Province and organised by the Higher Education Institute of Xi'an University of Science and Technology (HESI) in collaboration with Cardiff City University (CUHK) in the United Kingdom, with a plan of enrolment at the higher tertiary level in ordinary tertiary institutions. Ministry of Education approval number: PDE61UK3A20191056N.
Software Technology is a sub-specialty of Computer Science that focuses on software development and the practical use of technology. This program produces international technical professionals with theoretical knowledge of basic mainstream software development platforms and programming power.

Project Advantage
Training Model
3 years
Students study in Chinese institutions and are jointly trained by Chinese and British universities. At this stage, the syllabus of the program and the courses for the students will be jointly developed by both sides; the teachers, teaching materials and resources will be shared; and the lectures and training will be jointly completed by both sides. The British side will directly send its teachers to teach in the Chinese side, and the students can enjoy all kinds of high-quality education resources of software technology majors of foreign universities in China. The graduated students will have the advantages of more advanced concepts, more cutting-edge technical skills and more proficient foreign language skills than the non-program students in this specialty. Graduated students can get the college diploma issued by High-Tech College of Xi'an University of Science and Technology.
1 year
Students can be directly admitted to Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK) for 1 year, and those who pass the course will be awarded a Bachelor's Degree Certificate by Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK).
Project Features
It is listed on the Ministry of Education's Education and Foreign Affairs Supervision Information Network, and its degrees are recognized by the Chinese Ministry of Education, and it is a member university of the China Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China;
The College is located in Wales, UK, founded in 1865, is a long-established public institution with a long history. It is situated in the city center of Cardiff, the capital of Wales, UK, which is an important port and center of industry and commercial services in the southwest of the UK, and is the sixth most popular seaside resort harbor mecca in Europe, with convenient life and transportation;
Doctoral, Master's, Bachelor's, and Associate's degree programs are available, and the university has more than 700 full-time faculty and staff and 17,629 students enrolled;
It has a School of Art and Design, a School of Education and Social Policy, a School of Sport and Health Sciences, a School of Management and a School of Technology;
One of the highest employment rate universities in the United Kingdom, with career development and entrepreneurship center; the university graduates within six months employment rate of up to 96.4%, the average annual salary of 29,493 pounds;
The campus is well equipped with hardware and software facilities. Student dormitories are equipped with laundry rooms, computer rooms, TV rooms, free WIFI, leisure rooms, etc., which facilitate communication and leisure among students.
Curriculum
Job Prospect
Because the program was built in China and abroad, students graduating from the program have the following major advantages over the average student in the program:
Meet the demand for talents with international vision, cross-cultural communication and bilingual ability in the process of promoting international exchanges and regional cooperation under the “Belt and Road” national top-level development strategy;
Possess advanced concepts and ideas in the field of software technology;
Possessing innovative development thinking shaped by the foreign special training mode;
Possessing unique software design personality and modeling ability;
Possessing international cutting-edge software technology and application methods.
Therefore, graduates are more competitive in the industry, have higher job platforms, wider job scopes, and higher salaries; Can engage in software (management information system, enterprise resource system, cultural and entertainment, game product system, mobile software, etc.) development, design, testing, maintenance, marketing, and software production management in the IT industry, government enterprises and institutions at home and abroad